WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12837) on Dec. 3, 2024, by agricultural policy analysts Joel L. Greene and Lia Biondo. Here are excerpts: * * * H5N1 HPAI Continues to Spread in Dairy Herds The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed a strain (H5N1) of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAI) in dai  more